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MLA FORMAT FOR RESEARCH SLIDESMANIA.COM RENEE CHANDLER MEDIA SPECIALIST October 2024  MLA (Modern Language Association) format is a widely used citat...

MLA FORMAT FOR RESEARCH SLIDESMANIA.COM RENEE CHANDLER MEDIA SPECIALIST October 2024  MLA (Modern Language Association) format is a widely used citation style in the humanities, particularly in writing assignments and research papers. WHAT MLA 9th edition, is the most recent version as of IS now and was released in 2021. MLA? I highly recommend the Owl Purdue website for all things research-related. They include guides for various citation styles, including MLA. Owl Purdue MLA Formatting and Style Guide Owl Purdue MLA General Format SLIDESMANIA.COM  Font: Times New Roman, 12-point size Margins: 1 inch on all sides Line Spacing: Double-spaced throughout KEY Header: Includes your last name and the page number in the top right COMPONENTS corner of each page Title Page: MLA does not require a OF separate title page unless instructed by your teacher. MLA Heading: Your name, teacher’s name, course title, and date, aligned FORMATTING to the left at the top of the first page. Title: Centered below the heading. SLIDESMANIA.COM  Collect Info From Your Website Sources When citing a website in MLA format, collect as much of the following information as possible: MLA 1. 2. Author’s Name (if available, last name first). Title of the Webpage or Article (in quotation marks). GUIDELINES 3. 4. Title of the Website (in italics). Publisher (if applicable, with publisher name and date FOR 5. published), or if the same as the website name, omit it. Date of Publication (if available). ELECTRONIC 6. 7. DOI or URL (without "https://" or "http://"). Date of Access (if the publication date is unavailable SOURCES 8. or if content might change). Page Numbers (take note of page (p. or pp.) or paragraph (par. or pars.) numbers). SLIDESMANIA.COM 9. Version Numbers (Any version numbers available, including editions (ed.), revisions, posting dates, volumes (vol.), or issue numbers (no.).  Formatting Your Electronic Source Citation: MLA Website Citation Format in MLA Format: Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Webpage." GUIDELINES Title of the Website, Publisher, Day Month Year of publication, URL. Accessed Day Month Year. FOR Example: ELECTRONIC Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow, SOURCES www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015. SLIDESMANIA.COM  Works Cited Page The Works Cited page is a separate page at the end of your paper, listing all the sources you referenced. Follow these guidelines: Title: Works Cited (centered at the top of the page). Alphabetical Order: Entries should be alphabetized by the author’s last name WORKS or the title of the work (if no author is available). Hanging Indent: Each entry should use a hanging indent, where the first line of CITED the citation is aligned to the left margin and the subsequent lines are indented. Double Spaced PAGE Example of a Works Cited Entry for a Website: With an author: Smith, John. "The Evolution of Technology." Tech Trends Today, 15 January 2021, www.techtrends.com/evolution-of-technology. Accessed 22 September 2024. SLIDESMANIA.COM Without an author: "Climate Change Effects in 2024." Global News, 5 March 2024, www.globalnews.com/climate-change-effects. Accessed 23 September 2024.  In MLA, in-text citations are used to Example 1 (with an author): point readers to the corresponding entry in the Works Cited page. The If you are citing a format for citing a website in-text is: specific fact or quote from a website, include Author’s Last Name or Title of the author's last name IN-TEXT the Webpage (if no author is in parentheses: available). ○ (Smith). CITATIONS Sample In-Text Citation: Example 2 (with no author): In her research, Johnson If no author is listed, highlights the impact of social use a shortened media on teenagers (Johnson). version of the webpage "The impact of climate change is title in quotation marks: increasingly visible across the ○ ("Climate Change SLIDESMANIA.COM globe" ("Effects of Climate Impact"). Change").  IN-TEXT CITATIONS IN-TEXT One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo "has become notorious for its near-failure and many CITATIONS obstacles" (Taylor, “Fitzcarraldo”). The Purdue OWL is accessed by millions of users AND THEIR every year. Its "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" is one of the most popular resources. PAIRED WORKS CITED WORKS Taylor, Rumsey. "Fitzcarraldo." Slant, 13 June 2003, www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/fitzcarraldo/. CITED Accessed 29 September 2009. PAGE "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL, 2 August 2016, SLIDESMANIA.COM owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/. Accessed 2 April 2018.  Reference this works cited page from the SAMPLE WORKS OWL PURDUE website: CITED PAGE https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/ research_and_citation/mla _style/mla_formatting_and SLIDESMANIA.COM _style_guide/mla_sample_ works_cited_page.html  CREATE YOUR WORKS CITED SLIDE SLIDESMANIA.COM  Works Cited Smith, John. "The Evolution of Technology." Tech Trends Today, 15 January 2021, www.techtrends.com/evolution-of-technology. Accessed 22 September 2024. 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